"We call county clerks and take down numbers, and then we enter those into the computer system," Woefel said. "Even once they're entered into the computer system, the computer then has to propagate that to all the servers that you have to go to, so it does take time."

MU Associate Journalism Professor Clyde Bently, who has worked for more than 30 years as an editor and political commentator, said news organizations have a difficult tight rope to walk when covering local elections.

"It's tough because you have to decide what is too much and what is too little for local elections Bentley said. "But generally, I did not devote too much time to local elections. It's tough when it gets into school boards and other small elections, because generally your viewers or your readers are not very interested."

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